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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Illegal Anti-Semitic Disruptions at the University of California - Barry Froman

by Barry Froman

The peculiar indifference of UC administrators, police and Jewish organizations.

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As Americans, we support everyone's right to freedom of speech and to
peacefully protest, but we are also aware that disruption is distinct
from protest. Interference with a public event deprives those in
attendance of their own right to free speech and assembly. When this
line is crossed, protestors become disruptors. In California, disrupting
public events is a violation of penal code 403.

Yet here we
are, another day, and another illegal anti-Semitic disruption has
occurred on a UC campus. On May 3, an event sponsored by the UC Irvine
College Republicans was disrupted by pro-Palestinian thugs and captured on video.
Note that the disruptors had no interest in hearing the speakers or
engaging in dialogue. They invaded the event approximately 40 minutes
after it started (see 1:20:00 mark on the video) and began disrupting it
shortly thereafter. Notice the use of a bullhorn (in a small
classroom) in violation of UC Irvine policy. Also notice that the
police do little for an extended period of time while observing the law
being broken. The disruptors are eventually removed from the room, but
the illegal disruption continues as shouting from outside continues to
interfere with the audience’s ability to hear and to field questions.

I complained to the police on two occasions after the disruptors were
removed from the classroom. Each time the police requested that I move
away from the event because they could not hear me speak. In so doing
the police unwittingly acknowledged that CA penal code 403 was being
violated, yet they allowed the violation to continue. The police had
sufficient resources present to ask—and if necessary, force—the
disruptors to move sufficiently far from the meeting so as to not
interfere. Doing so would have ensured that both sides could freely
exercise their constitutional rights. By failing to do so, the police
and UC Irvine facilitated a violation of the CA penal code, not to
mention the attendees’ right to free speech.

While the
disruptors and UC Irvine are the perpetrators of this injustice, key
segments of the Jewish community are to blame for their silence and/or
appeasement. Incidents like these have been ongoing at UC Irvine for
approximately 18 years. If history is any indication, one can assume
that no effective action will be taken by the local Jewish Federation,
Hillel or Chabad. There may be statements from these groups—if the press
exposes these events—but even then, those statements will provide cover
to UC Irvine by thanking them for their "efforts." None of these
groups will proactively inform their vast membership of this disruption,
or of UCI's 18-year history. They will not ask their membership to
complain to UCI, to withhold donations to the campus, or demand that the
police act. Every major synagogue in Irvine will also remain silent.

This pattern of ineffective action has become a “tradition” since
anti-Semitism first appeared at UC Irvine approximately 18 years ago. If
pressed, these groups may claim (with little proof) they are acting
"behind the scenes." Yet nearly two decades later these events
continue. If there is hidden action, it has clearly failed. In the 2007
report by the Task Force on anti-Semitism at UC Irvine, then State
Assemblyman, Chuck DeVore asked: “Where are the Jewish Organizations"?
He told the interview committee that as a non–Jew he could not
understand the lack of “moral outrage” by the local Jewish community
over the treatment of Jewish students on campus. Sadly, Devore's
question remains central today. Other minority groups proudly and
publicly stand up for their rights. It is time that the Jewish community
demands the same of its leadership.

One might also expect
the Orange County Humans Rights Council to address the increasing number
of anti-Semitic incidents in the same way they would for other targeted
communities. Just this year, a gay Jew was murdered by neo-Nazis in
Orange County, and separately an individual was arrested for targeting a
synagogue and a pro-Jewish church, and for creating a hit list of
prominent Jews. Yet the Orange County Humans Rights Council also remains
silent. Is this because they are funded by George Soros's Open Society Foundations?

Note that the pro-Israel event that was disrupted was sponsored by the
College Republicans, not the campus Hillel (owned by the local Jewish
Federation) or the campus Chabad. It appears that Hillel and Chabad
intentionally kowtow to the disruptors by self-silencing. In so doing
they seek to avoid the negative publicity that follows when Jewish and
conservative students have their rights violated. Hiding these realities
from the community allows these organizations to proclaim victory to
their donors. Kudos to the College Republicans for not only exercising
their free speech rights but for documenting the disruption, thus
exposing the disruptors and the refusal of UC Irvine police to enforce
the law.

Note: By refusing to arrest disruptors at the scene,
UCI police make it difficult for the Orange County DA to take legal
action as they successfully did in the 2011 disruption known as the
"Irvine 11." Without consistent legal action there is every reason to
expect these incidents to continue for another 18 years, or more.

Barry Froman (MD, PhD) is a research scientist, former department director and
holder of over 20 patents in the field of gene regulation and drug
discovery. In recent years he has been a concerned observer of
anti-Semitic and islamist activity in his community and beyond.Source: https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270099/illegal-anti-semitic-disruptions-university-barry-forman Follow Middle East and Terrorism on TwitterCopyright - Original materials copyright (c) by the authors.